From Indians in Trinidad to Indo-Trinidadians

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From Indians in Trinidad to Indo-Trinidadians is written by N. Jayaram and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9811933677 (ISBN 10) and 9789811933677 (ISBN 13).

This book explores the dynamics of the socio-cultural baggage that Indian indentured migrants took with them to the Caribbean island of Trinidad and how they have since become a vibrant diaspora community, namely the Indo-Trinidadians. It combines social history with first-hand fieldwork data to portray human ingenuity in terms of social reconstitution and community building in a hostile socio-cultural environment. Furthermore, it addresses key social institutions—religion, caste, and family—and cultural elements—language, foodways, and ethnicity. Its analytical framework is guided by the concept of metamorphosis; it steers clear of the persistence versus change hypotheses. Given its focus, it will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, social anthropology, history, and migration and diaspora studies.